Health Library
120 guides and counting. 20 of them written in full depth, all of them written or reviewed by Dr. Jannat Ilyas, MBBS. Search it, or start from a topic below.
Everyday Symptoms
The things that make you open a browser at 1am. Tiredness, headaches, stomach trouble, aches that will not settle.
13 guidesTests & Medicines
Your blood report in plain English. What the numbers mean, which ones matter, and how common medicines actually work.
32 guidesHeart & Metabolic Health
Blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol and weight. The four numbers that quietly decide how the next thirty years go.
14 guidesWomen's Health
Periods, PCOS, fertility, and the symptoms women are most often told to live with.
12 guidesMind & Sleep
Sleep that will not come, anxiety that shows up in the body, burnout, and low mood.
12 guidesOur specialityHealth at Work
Shift work, heat, noise, dust, desks and long hours. What your job is doing to your body.
14 guidesFood & Nutrition
Deficiencies that are real, supplements that are not, and eating in a way you can keep up.
12 guidesPrevention & Screening
The checks worth having at every age, vaccines for adults, and how to catch things while they are still small.
11 guidesEveryday Symptoms
What it probably is, what it might be, and the point at which it stops being a wait-and-see.
Acidity, Reflux and Bloating: What Actually Helps
A doctor explains what causes acidity, reflux and bloating, why antacids stop working, which tests are worth doing, and the symptoms that need checking now.
Headaches: The Six Types, and When to Worry
A doctor explains the six headache types people actually get, how to tell them apart, what helps each one, and the specific warning signs that need urgent care.
Why Am I Always Tired? A Doctor's Guide
A doctor explains what really causes constant tiredness, which blood tests matter, what genuinely helps, and the warning signs that need to be seen quickly.
Tests & Medicines
No more staring at a lab printout wondering which arrows are the bad ones.
Antibiotics: When They Help and When They Harm
A doctor explains what antibiotics can and cannot treat, the real harms of taking them unnecessarily, and how resistance is driven by over-the-counter use.
Understanding Your Blood Test Results
A doctor explains what each line on a blood test report measures, what the numbers mean in both mg/dL and mmol/L, and why one odd result rarely matters.
Heart & Metabolic Health
The real thresholds, the real effect sizes, and what is worth your effort.
Cholesterol and Heart Risk: Reading Your Lipid Panel
A doctor explains LDL, HDL, triglycerides, non-HDL, ApoB and Lp(a) in both units, how risk calculators work, and what statins do as a drug class.
High Blood Pressure: What the Numbers Really Mean
A doctor explains what blood pressure numbers mean, how to measure yours properly at home, why US and European guidelines disagree, and what truly lowers it.
Prediabetes: The Ten-Year Warning Most People Miss
A doctor explains prediabetes thresholds in both units, why insulin resistance starts a decade early, why South Asians develop it thinner, and what trials show.
Women's Health
Written by a woman doctor who has heard "it is probably just stress" too many times.
Painful and Irregular Periods: What Is Normal?
A doctor explains how to measure heavy bleeding properly, why endometriosis takes years to diagnose, what causes irregular cycles, and when to get checked.
PCOS: A Practical Guide to a Misunderstood Diagnosis
A doctor explains the Rotterdam criteria, the metabolic side of PCOS most people miss, what it means for fertility, hair and skin, and what actually helps.
Mind & Sleep
The treatments that actually have evidence behind them, explained properly.
Anxiety in the Body: Palpitations, Chest Tightness and Fear
A doctor explains why anxiety causes palpitations and chest tightness, why these symptoms are real, and why they still need checking before blaming anxiety.
Insomnia: How to Fix Your Sleep Without Sleeping Pills
A doctor explains CBT-I, the actual first-line treatment for chronic insomnia: stimulus control, sleep restriction, and why sleep hygiene alone rarely works.
Health at Work
From a doctor who runs occupational health for an industrial workforce, not from a wellness blog.
Desk Work, Back Pain and Neck Pain: What Actually Fixes It
A doctor explains why desk work causes back and neck pain, the exact ergonomic measurements that matter, what standing desks really do, and the red flags.
Heat Stress at Work: Catching It Before the Collapse
A doctor explains heat exhaustion versus heat stroke, WBGT limits, acclimatisation schedules, work-rest cycles, and hydration that is more than water.
Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: The Silent Injury
A doctor explains decibel limits and exposure times, why noise damage is permanent and painless, earplugs versus earmuffs in the real world, and tinnitus.
Food & Nutrition
Evidence over trends, and honesty about how thin the evidence often is.
Iron Deficiency and Anemia: The Most Missed Cause
A doctor explains why ferritin matters more than hemoglobin, how iron deficiency causes symptoms before anemia appears, and when low iron needs investigating.
Vitamin D Deficiency: Who Actually Needs Testing
A doctor separates what vitamin D genuinely does for bones and muscles from what it has been oversold for, and explains who should actually be tested.
Prevention & Screening
A clear answer to "what should I actually be getting tested for?"
